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Monday, June 17, 2013

"SWANSEA, MA — Two people are dead after a standoff situation that had a number of local and Massachusetts State Police officers in Swansea for more than three hours Sunday night.

"Witnesses reported hearing gunshots at 6 p.m. at a home on 375 Stephen French Road. When police arrived, they found Mitchell Stevenson, 37, of Tiverton, R.I., shot to death in a car. Witnesses told police the shooter went into the home.

"SWAT teams later found Christian Wilson, 43, dead inside the home from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

"There were no other people in the home at the time, and no one else was involved, according to police.

"The incident ended shortly before 10 p.m., with police vehicles exiting the scene."

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"Murder-suicide is an act in which the perpetrator of a homicide kills him or herself after killing the victim(s). Rates of murder-suicide are fairly consistent across communities and are much lower than rates for homicide or suicide. The most common murder-suicide scenario involves a White male perpetrator in his 40s who kills his estranged spouse and perhaps his children before killing himself. The three most common categories of murder-suicide are cases in which (1) the act is caused by jealously or concern about age or illness; (2) the act is perpetrated by a parent who kills all of the children and then themselves; and (3) the act involves disgruntled employees, cult members, or members of religious or political groups who target a large number of victims before committing suicide. "